A day of national mourning began today for victims of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday, killing 291 people. Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi joined mourners at a state funeral for 35 victims at a community gymnasium in the town of Ascoli Piceno, capital of the March region. Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, centre, attends Saturday's funeral service in Ascoli Piceno. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)An injured woman mourns next to the coffin of an earthquake victim in a gymnasium arranged in a chapel in Ascoli Piceno. Bulldozers were working to complete a new 700-metre-long bypass into the town, just a few metres from the collapsed bridge.

Source: CBC News August 27, 2016 09:49 UTC